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. 2009:2009:bcr02.2009.1579.
doi: 10.1136/bcr.02.2009.1579. Epub 2009 Aug 17.

Mirtazapine: a solution for postoperative gastroparesis?

Marianne Johnstone  1 , Pranai Buddhdev, Michael Peter, Robert Diggory
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Mirtazapine: a solution for postoperative gastroparesis?

Marianne Johnstone et al. BMJ Case Rep. 2009.

Abstract

This report describes the case of a 52-year-old man with an obstructed para-oesophageal hiatus hernia who required a gastropexy, who postoperatively developed gastroparesis which inadequately responded to conventional prokinetics including erythromycin, metoclopramide, ondansetron, and domperidone. The patient's symptoms were relieved rapidly with a trial of mirtazapine. A review of related literature is presented.

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